Tires were balanced doesn"t seem to be any play in the front end but vibration is still there. wheel bearings were checked out and they were good
You can feel it driving along worst when it is between 60 to 80 kl.am very confused please help
2006-11-17 06:31:46 · 7 answers · asked by Don 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Pontiac
Something I didn't see mentioned here is to have the tie-rods checked. Especially since it gets bad at just that certain range of speed. You may also want to have someone check the ball joints. Definitely not fun when one of those goes out...I hope it's something simple and cheap and that you're back in running order soon. =)
2006-11-21 04:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sithein 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stock for stock, the Mustang will win if he knows how to and when to shift properly. If you had mods, it be a different story. Now, a lot of people here see the words Mustang and Sunfire and automatically assume "sports car" and "girl car" and tell you your gonna lose. Your Sunfire, however, has the 2.2L Ecotec and handles mods well and could possibly win if you added a few (cold air intake, header, bigger throttle body, etc.). And remember, the Mustang V6 might make 50 more horses, but it also weighs 1000+ lbs more and Ford's 3.8L belongs more in the Taurus grocery getter than in the Mustang. It's never been much for performace.
2016-05-21 23:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the tracking checked completely after having the wheels balanced. I would go wheel balancing, tracking, bushes, balljoints, bearings. Balljoints and bearings should be easy to check whilst she's in the air for wheel balancing anyway so thats 3 checks at once. Does she stay in a straight line on a smoothish road without any hands on the wheel? Er I mean with hands lightly on the wheel perhaps LOL.
2006-11-18 04:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by karnautrahl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a 99 grand am and it does the same thing. my tires were balanced and bearings were checked as well. my dad who is a mechanic flushed the transmission and it got better it just depends how many miles and if the owner before you if you bought used did that already. another thing i still have to do is get a bottle of lucas oil engine restore. it's the best brand out there. you have to do that when you change your oil and then put it in before you gas up. then you drive it for about 20 miles and see if theres any change. it could also be in the steering column.
2006-11-18 18:45:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The road force balance as suggested is a good start but make sure the tech balancing the tire is looking for a separated belt in the tire or high and low spots. One easy way to see if its tires and rims is to rotate front tire to the back and re road test . if trouble goes away you know its in the tires and can look closer if its still there its in the front suspension . Good luck hope I helped.
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2006-11-17 09:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Rudedude 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The vibration might be coming from a bent rim, or even the tires themselves. I would get them re-balanced on what is called a Road Force Balancer, it simulates the tires roling on the road and let's the technician know if they can be fixed or not. If that dosen't help then I would get your alignment checked and adjusted if needed.
2006-11-17 06:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by palmettostate4x4 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get the alignment checked. and I have had 4 pontiacs and they all seem to do that. especially the sunfires I had one. If I was u I would trade it. Soon as I reached 100 000 miles I had to get a new motor. and it just went down hill from there. They are made cheap and not to good. The dealer told me that themself
2006-11-19 05:38:33 · answer #7 · answered by luv_da_8balls 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋